Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1919 of 25 September 2025 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and definitively collecting the provisional duty imposed on imports of certain hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel originating in Egypt, Japan and Vietnam, and terminating the investigation on imports thereof originating in India

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1919
• Articles: 6

Article 1

1.   A definitive anti-dumping duty is imposed on imports of certain flat-rolled products of iron, non-alloy steel or other alloy steel, whether or not in coils (including ‘cut-to-length’ and ‘narrow strip’ products), not further worked than hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated, currently falling under CN codes 7208 10 00 , 7208 25 00 , 7208 26 00 , 7208 27 00 , 7208 36 00 , 7208 37 00 , 7208 38 00 , 7208 39 00 , 7208 40 00 , 7208 52 10 , 7208 52 99 , 7208 53 10 , 7208 53 90 , 7208 54 00 , 7211 13 00 , 7211 14 00 , 7211 19 00 , ex 7225 19 10 (TARIC code 7225 19 10 90), 7225 30 90 , ex 7225 40 60 (TARIC code 7225 40 60 90), 7225 40 90 , ex 7226 19 10 (TARIC codes 7226 19 10 91, 7226 19 10 95), 7226 91 91 and 7226 91 99 originating in Egypt, Japan and Vietnam.

The following products are excluded:

(i)

products of stainless steel and grain-oriented silicon electrical steel;

(ii)

products of tool steel and high-speed steel;

(iii)

products, not in coils, without patterns in relief, of a thickness exceeding 10 mm and of a width of 600 mm or more; and

(iv)

products, not in coils, without patterns in relief, of a thickness of 4,75 mm or more but not exceeding 10 mm and of a width of 2 050 mm or more.

2.   The rate of the definitive anti-dumping duty applicable to the net, free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty, of the products described in paragraph 1 and produced by the companies listed below, shall be as follows:

Country of origin

Company

Definitive anti-dumping duty

TARIC additional code

Egypt

Ezz Steel Company

11,7  %

89M8

Egypt

All other imports originating in Egypt

11,7  %

8999

Japan

Nippon Steel Corporation

30,0  %

89M9

Japan

Tokyo Steel Co. Ltd.

6,9  %

89MA

Japan

Other cooperating companies:

—

Daido Steel Co., Ltd.

—

JFE Steel Corporation

29,8  %

89MB

89ME

Japan

All other imports originating in Japan

30,0  %

8999

Vietnam

Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corporation

12,1  %

89MC

Vietnam

All other imports originating in Vietnam

12,1  %

8999

3.   The current anti-dumping measures are not applicable to the Vietnamese exporting producer Hoa Phat Group, consisting of Hoa Phat Dung Quat Steel Joint Stock Company, Hoa Phat Cold Rolled Steel Company Limited, Hoa Phat Steel Sheet Co., Ltd / Hoa Phat Steel Sheet Limited Liability Company, Hoa Phat Steel Pipe Company Limited – Hung Yen branch, Binh Duong Hoa Phat Steel Pipe Co., Ltd / Binh Duong Hoa Phat Steel Pipe Company Limited and Hoa Phat Da Nang Steel Pipe Company Limited (TARIC additional code 89MD).

4.   The application of the individual duty rates specified for the companies mentioned in paragraph 2 shall be conditional upon presentation to the Member States’ customs authorities of a valid commercial invoice, on which shall appear a declaration dated and signed by an official of the entity issuing such invoice, identified by his/her name and function, drafted as follows:

‘I, the undersigned, certify that the (volume in tonnes) of (product concerned) sold for export to the European Union covered by this invoice was manufactured by (company name and address) (TARIC additional code) in [Egypt, Japan or Vietnam]. I declare that the information provided in this invoice is complete and correct.’

Until such invoice is presented, the duty applicable to all other imports originating in [Egypt, Japan or Vietnam] shall apply.

5.   Unless otherwise specified, the provisions in force concerning customs duties shall apply.

Article 2

The amounts secured by way of the provisional anti-dumping duty under Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/670 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of certain hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel originating in Egypt, Japan and Vietnam shall be definitively collected. The amounts secured in excess of the definitive rates of the anti-dumping duty shall be released.

Article 3

Article 1(2) may be amended to add new exporting producers from Egypt, Japan and Vietnam and make them subject to the appropriate weighted average anti-dumping duty rate for cooperating companies not included in the sample. A new exporting producer shall provide evidence that:

(a)

it did not export the goods described in Article 1(1) during the period of investigation (1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024);

(b)

it is not related to an exporter or producer subject to the measures imposed by this Regulation, and which could have cooperated in the original investigation; and

(c)

it has either actually exported the product concerned or has entered into an irrevocable contractual obligation to export a significant quantity to the Union after the end of the period of investigation.

Article 4

1.   Where the above-quota tariff duty referred to in Article 1(6) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/159 becomes applicable to flat-rolled products of iron, non-alloy steel or other alloy steel, whether or not in coils (including ‘cut-to-length’ and ‘narrow strip’ products), not further worked than hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated and exceeds the level of the anti-dumping duty set out in Article 1(2), only the above-quota tariff duty referred to in Article 1(6) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/159 shall be collected.

2.   During the period of application of paragraph 1, the collection of the duties imposed pursuant to this Regulation shall be suspended.

3.   Where the above-quota tariff duty referred to in Article 1(6) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/159 becomes applicable to flat-rolled products of iron, non-alloy steel or other alloy steel, whether or not in coils (including ‘cut-to-length’ and ‘narrow strip’ products), not further worked than hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated and is set at a level lower than the anti-dumping duty set out in Article 1(2), the above-quota tariff duty referred to in Article 1(6) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/159 shall be collected in addition to the difference between that duty and the higher anti-dumping duty set out in Article 1(2).

4.   The part of the amount of anti-dumping duty not collected pursuant to paragraph 3 shall be suspended.

5.   The suspensions referred to in paragraphs 2 and 4 shall be limited in time to the period of application of the above-quota tariff duty referred to in Article 1(6) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/159.

Article 5

The anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of the product mentioned in Article 1(1) originating in India is hereby terminated.

Article 6

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .